GENERAL INDEX. 
629 
Heat of the weather : various ex- 
amples of. 26. 81. 332. 338. 
368. 590. 458, 439, 440. 491. 
508. II. 78. 
' atmospheric : an hypothesis 
respecting 496,497. 
Heaths : a remark respecting those 
at the Cape 23. 
' their northernmost parallel 
of latitude 209. 
H^emraad ; or, Heemraaden : the 
members of the District-coun- 
cil 183. 191. II. 121. 160. 
Heer. 184. 194. 200. 239. II. 436. 
Heeregragt ; a street in Cape 
Town 25. 
Heela ! or H^la ! a Bachapin ex- 
clamation II. 452. 
Heks-rivier. See, Hex-river. 
H^mel-en-aarde ; a place so called. 
101. 
Hemp leaves, used for smoking. 
566. II. 4. 
Hemp ; Wild, or Wilde-dakka 
(Leonotis Leonurus) 15. 
Hendrik : Jan ; a Hottentot. 
II. 465. 479. 
Herbaria : a mode by which they 
may often be enriched. 154. 
H^holdt's, on Sneeuwberg. II. 
124. 180. 
Herons 326. 
Hesse : the Reverend C. H. F. 12. 
16. 170. 510. 535. II. 227.229. 
Hex-river; or Heks-rivier.., 190. 
280. II. 125. 
Kloof.... 89. 192. II. 5. 
Vale of. 194. 
Hide-shoes 214. II. 102. 
Hippopotamus; River-horse; Zie- 
koe ; or, Sea-cow : various re- 
marks relative to it. 86, 265. 
317. 578. 403, 404. 409—415. 
417, 418. 423. 427, 428. 450. 
II. 126. 
Hoar-frost II. 259. 
Hoes used by . the Bachaplns. 
II. 454. 586. 
Hond : Wilde (Wild Dog) ; a new 
species of Hyena. 456. II. 229, 
250. 
Honey : wild ; the mode in which it 
is obtained by the Hottentots. 
11.81. 
bees 576. 
Honeycomb stone 306. 
Honeysuckle : a wild plant com- 
pared with it 521. 
Honing-bier (Honey-beer) .... 364. 
II. 552. 
Hoofs of animals : a remark res- 
pecting them. 139. II. 356, 
337. 
Hookthorn ; see Haakdoorn. 
Hoopoe: the purple. 526.394.502. 
II. 546. 
Horizon : artificial ; used in the 
astronomical observations. 
229. 332. 
Horny substances : theory of. 11.76. 
Horses of the Colony : increase of. 
II. 144. 
the folly of mutilating their 
tails II. 250. 
none possessed by the 
Bichuanas II. 524. 
Distemper: (Paarde-ziekte). 
570. 510. II. 218. 242. 
— — — Mountain, or Paardeberg, 
in the Transgariepine. II. 242 . 
Island(PaardenEiland). 51. 
waggon ; or, Paarde wagen, 
of the Colony ... 28. II. 155. 
Grave ; a station in the Cis- 
gariepine II. 98. 
of the mountains, or Wilde 
Paard 158. II. 515. 
: River: see Hippopotamus. 
Wooden, a Hottentot 
mode of crossing rivers. 415. 
II. 15. 
Horticulture : state of it in the 
Colony II. 118. 
" of the Bachaplns. 
II. 587. 
Hospitality among the Boors ; re- 
ciprocal 141. 
Hot springs in Southern Africa. 96. 
98. 124, 125. 
Hottentots. — The following refer- 
ences under this word, are 
intended for collecting toge- 
ther, merely in the order in 
which they happen to stand in 
these volumes, a few of those 
scattered remarks and occur- 
rences, from which some gene- 
ral ideas of the Hottentot 
character, and of tiie principal 
features of that race, may be 
obtained. See also the words, 
Bushman and Kora, and the 
names of those Hottentots, of 
whom a more particular men- 
tion has been made. 
their situation before the 
discovery of the Cape 5. 
speak a corrupt dialect 
of the Dutch language, which 
it is necessary for a traveller 
to learn 15. 156. II. 437. 
their evidence not to be 
rejected 15. 
an infringement on their 
liberty 54. 
have been found to be 
the most serviceable soldiers 
for the defence of the Colony 
againsttheborderingtribes. 60. 
soldier : the opinions of 
one, with respect to military 
service 66. 160. 
the proportion of their 
numbers in the Colony. 77. 
II. 144. 
generally dislike living in 
towns 77. 
— — their names of places. 
preferable to those which have 
been substituted by the colo- 
nists 100. 286. 
Hottentots; a proof that they may 
be brought to submit to all 
the rules of decorum required 
in a church 109. 356. 
may be taught to sing 
psalms with great correctness. 
109. 357. 
huts at Genadendal. 112. 
115. 
manufacture a peculiar 
kind of mat 1 13. 
nearly all of them em- 
ployed in the service of the 
Colonists 114. 
have, in general, little 
inclination for gardening. 114. 
354. 552. 359. 
— — — their customary wages. 
115. 
mistrustful of colonial 
promises 143. 
of the Mixed, or Half 
breed, called Bastaards, by the 
Boors 154. 561. 
the ridiculous names 
sometimes given to them by 
the Colonists.... 155. II. 166. 
descriptions of particu- 
lar individuals. 155. 161. 167, 
168. 184. 
frequent too much the 
Pagter's, or Brandy shop. 1 62. 
II. 151. 
scarcely ever know their 
own age I67. 
the mode of life most 
congenial to their natural dis- 
position 173. 
their quickness and 
memory, in all affairs relating 
to cattle 175. 242. II. 8. 
their helplessness in a 
particular accident at Olyven- 
hout-bosch 177. 
the figures of several. 
178. 
their services usually 
secured by legal forms. 185. 
247. II. 162, 163. 
a servant rarely parti- 
cipates with his Master in the 
hospitality of the Boors. 190. 
regard tobacco and 
brandy as necessaries 195. 
women : remarks on an 
occasional peculiarity of shape. 
216. 
at their meals 2 1 7. 
their game called card- 
playing.... 235, 254. 
easily find their way 
over the country. 256.11. I90. 
leather, the most usual 
material of their clothing. 245. 
their mode of healing 
abscess in oxen 246. 
